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Radio Production Technical

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1. What is the FCC and what does it do for radio stations.
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired

2. What are the four processes involved in digital recording?
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)

3. What is Mixing?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
Federal Communications Commission
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

4. What is Nondestructive Recording?
A permanent magnet moves through a coil to replicate the sounds. The electromagnetic field is the same as the sound wave
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact

5. What are the parts of a Sound Wave
From the peak to the trough
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)

6. What are the four dynamic processes?
Middle frequency sound speaker
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)
Making the sounds more usable.
Making the sounds more usable.

7. What is our hearing range?
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

8. What is a Cycle
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
The two-way speaker has the Tweeter on top and the Woofer on the bottom
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Making the sounds more usable.

9. What is the Midrange?
Muting sounds above peak
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Middle frequency sound speaker
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

10. What is Sonic Panorama?
Making the sounds more usable.
Muting sounds above peak
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo

11. What is a Shock Mount for?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Middle frequency sound speaker
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired

12. What is the Midrange?
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Middle frequency sound speaker
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

13. What is Hertz (Hz)?
Below 20Hz
From the peak to the trough
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Cycles per second

14. What is Gating?
Muting sounds above peak
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
High frequency sound speaker
Between 20Hz and 20kHz

15. What is our hearing range?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Middle frequency sound speaker
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

16. What is Limiting?
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
Muting sounds above peak

17. What is a Cycle
S sounds - sounds that hiss
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Below 20Hz
High frequency sound speaker

18. What is Amplification?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Making the sounds more usable.
Chooses who gets a broadcasting license - what frequency they get - and regulates what is aired
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement

19. What is Amplification?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Making the sounds more usable.
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

20. What is sound measured in?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Decibels (dB).
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.

21. What does FCC stand for
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Federal Communications Commission
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -

22. What is Recording?
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Middle frequency sound speaker
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

23. What is a Shock Mount for?
Cycles per second
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Making the sounds more usable.
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)

24. What is Editing?
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Business
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word

25. What is SPL
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Muting sounds above peak
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air

26. What is Editing?
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Above 20kHz

27. What is Mastering?
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Cutting out mistakes and adding effects. Can copy and paste like in Word
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)

28. What is Expansion?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact

29. What is Mixing?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
From the beginning of the center point going up to the beginning of the next center point going up
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Below 20Hz

30. What are the four dynamic processes?
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling
Federal Communications Commission
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Compression - Limiting - Expansion - Gatherings (CLEG)

31. What is Sonic Panorama?
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Making the sounds more usable.
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)

32. What is Gating?
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Decibels (dB).

33. What is Expansion?
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Federal Communications Commission

34. What is a Tweeter?
Business
Below 20Hz
High frequency sound speaker
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough

35. What is Routing?
Sending the sound where you want it to go
Sound Pressure Level - the pressure that moves the air and causes vibrations
Recording that saves a separate file and leaves the previous intact
Middle frequency sound speaker

36. What is Destructive Recording?
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Middle frequency sound speaker
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

37. What is Infrasonic?
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Below 20Hz
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

38. A radio station is first and foremost a ________
Above 20kHz
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
Business
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume

39. What is a transducer?
Saving the sound for use in the future. Goal to find sweet spot in Mic.
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Changing the sound how you want it with effects and volume leveling

40. What is Hertz (Hz)?
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Placing the track in Mono or Stereo
Above 20kHz
Cycles per second

41. Why should you not listen to anything for a while between editing sessions?
In order to get a new perspective on the project
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.

42. What are Plosives?
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
P sounds - sounds that pressure the air
Recording that overwrites the previous recording
Between 20Hz and 20kHz

43. What is Mastering?
Amplification - Routing - and Mixing (ARM)
Amplitude - Cycle - Frequency - Volume - Molecular displacement
Low frequency sound speaker
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques

44. What is Limiting?
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.
Muting sounds above peak

45. C of O's Station ID
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy
KCOZ - Point Lookout - Missouri (91.7FM)
Reduces background noise by turning off a channel if the desired level is not met
Above 20kHz

46. What is frequency?
The highness or lowness of the sound. Does not regulate volume
A diaphragm moves back and forth from pressure. The air changes is known as the condenser. The small diaphragm is covered by a thin layer of gold to make a conductor.
Finishing the sound. Critically listening to the project for last critiques
Something that converts one form of energy into another. In the case of Microphones - converts Acoustic into Electrical energy

47. Electromagnetic Spectrum
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
The spectrum of frequencies available to radio
Middle frequency sound speaker
Lowering sounds that break through sound peak -

48. What are the four processes involved in digital recording?
High frequency sound speaker
Balancing the sounds for clarity. Making it one sound.
Raising sounds that dip below the sound trough
Recording - Editing - Mixing - Mastering (REMM)

49. What is sound measured in?
Decibels (dB).
S sounds - sounds that hiss
Below 20Hz
Sending the sound where you want it to go

50. What are the levels of tones
Federal Communications Commission
Between 20Hz and 20kHz
Sub-Bass - Low-Bass - Upper Bass - Lower Midrange - Midrange - Lower Treble - Upper Treble
To keep a condenser microphone from picking up the vibrations of the ground by suspending it.